poetry

woman smiling

Poetry by Tamara Pearson.

Child with Palestinian flag

Poetry by Jepke Goudsmit.

Palestine protest Melbourne

As Israel enacts a genocidal war on Gaza, the words of  Palestinian-American poet and physician Fady Joudah echo in my mind, writes Markela Panegyres.

Jake Lynch at Hiroshima Day protest

Jim McIlroy introduces Sydney academic and writer Jake Lynch's new poetry collection, Pommy Granita.

Dances With Empty Prams

Graham Matthews reviews Dancing with Empty Prams, the second book published by Tasmanian-based poet and ecosocialist Susan Austin.

Up from ashes we rise

This poetry and prose anthology book was conceived in the wake of New Mexico's worst natural disaster in written history, writes Bill Nevins.

face

Damian Balassone, on the poverty of spirit.

Paul Tran, All the Flowers Kneeling

Bill Nevins interviews Paul Tran, author of the acclaimed poetry collection All the Flowers Kneeling.

beach

Poetry by Jepke Goudsmit.

Australian landscape with kangaroo

A poem for the times by John Monfries - with apologies to Dorothea Mackellar.

The AFP raids have inspired this poem by John Monfries.

High Hopes Bruce Springsteen Columbia Released January 17, 2014 www.brucespringsteen.net A recent documentary on veteran US rocker Bruce Springsteen asked fans to describe their hero in three words. The responses, compiled in the film Springsteen & I, were fairly predictable: "Badass, sensitive, perfect"; "Hope, energy, power”; “Earnest, inspiring, intense” and so on. The non-Springsteen fans reading this could probably think of a few far less kind words. But if I were to choose three, they would be: "Open to interpretation."